Deadly storm system brings severe weather to Jacksonville
by: Brittney Donovan, Action News Jax Updated: Apr 4, 2017 - 10:14 AM LIVE RADAR: Track the storms as they move away from the Jacksonville area DOWNLOAD: Stay up to date on the heavy rain, lightning with the free First Alert Weather app Jacksonville got slammed by heavy rain and lightning as a storm system that caused several fatalities in other states moved through our area. Photos: Storm damage in Jacksonville Not really sure how Ryan Grow held the camera steady during this lig..>> view originalPolice announce arrest in death of beloved Jacksonville music teacher
A 24-year-old man was arrested late Sunday in the home-invasion death of a beloved 62-year-old music teacher, only a day after Deborah Camp Liles was laid to rest, according to the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office. “People have been so considerate and kind, and oh my gosh, the heartfelt comments of gratitude for my wife have been overwhelming,” said husband Michael Liles, who found his wife dead from blunt force trauma March 23 . “I can’t say it overshadows the gloom, but even when I am devastated..>> view originalGroundbreaking for first Jacksonville-area Wawa stores coming ...
The Wawa convenience store chain will have groundbreaking ceremonies Thursday for its first two stores in the Jacksonville area. The events, complete with remarks from local government officials, will be at Town Center and Gate parkways at 10 a.m. and Blandling Boulevard and Filmore Street in Orange Park at 1:30 p.m. There are indications from building permit applications and other sources that locations for at least nine more Wawa stores are in the works in the area, though the company has no..>> view originalAirbnb Florida announces $6.4 million economic impact for ...
Fight for equal rights on the greens of Jacksonville
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - The only color anyone notices these days at Brentwood Golf Course's nine holes and the 18 holes at Hyde Park Golf Club is green, but the two picturesque courses were ground zero of a little-known 1950s civil rights struggle in the between blacks and whites."At the time, coming up as a kid, we only saw white golfers, and we would tote their bag," said Arthur Johnson, who was 12 years old and caddied at Hyde Park at the time.Built in the 1920s, off Interstate 95 on Jacksonvil..>> view originalUF Health Jacksonville plans to partner with drug treatment facilities ...
In a room full of doctors, politicans and law enforcement personnel, Robin Crabtree demanded accountibility. As her son battled an opioid addiction, she ran into roadblock after roadblock while helping him seek medical care. He encountered waitlists at treatment facilities, restrictive medicine policies at county jails. Faced with what she saw as an ineffective and unfair system, Crabtree worried her son might die. Such a structure, she said, only creates a revolving door of addiction. Proble..>> view originalStudents at Jacksonville school found with gun, officials say
Students at Jacksonville school found with gun, officials say by: Danae Leake, Action News Jax Updated: Apr 3, 2017 - 11:49 PM Three students are being questioned after police received a tip that students were in possession of a weapon at a Jacksonville school. Westview K-8 School officials said a student came forward saying that some students might have a gun. School administrators and Duval County School Police investigated the tip by performing a search. Police: Felon killed J..>> view originalStormy start for Tuesday with some localized flooding
You might want to allow a little extra time for your commute on this Tuesday morning. FCN meteorologist Mike Prangley reports a Flood Warning has been issued along I-10 and rain amounts over four inches have already been reported in Columbia County. Over two inches of rain has been reported so far on Jacksonville’s Westside Tuesday morning with Prangley reporting at 5:40 a.m. that some more heavy rain is on the way. It will be drier this afternoon with a high around 85 degrees. Deegan says th..>> view originalJacksonville students start movement of hope for at-risk youth
by: Bridgette Matter, Action News Jax Updated: Apr 3, 2017 - 10:18 PM Robert E. Lee High School students are trying make a difference in our community. Fifteen boys who are part of what is called the EVAC movement, recently met with State Attorney Melissa Nelson. They started the EVAC movement, which stands for Evacuating the Cave of Hopelessness, as a way to help kids go from being at-risk to at-hope. Bernard Thomas, a senior student, is getting ready to go to college in the fall. “..>> view originalTicket Tracker: Journey, Jason Aldean book Jacksonville shows
Newly minted Rock and Roll Hall of Famers Journey and country superstar Jason Aldean have booked shows for this summer in Jacksonville. Here are this week’s new shows. Tickets for all of them go on sale Friday. Dan TDM, 7:30 p.m. Friday, June 30, at Daily’s Place. $30-$50. Journey, with Asia, 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, July 26, at Daily’s Place. $59-$125. On sale at 10 a.m. Friday. Jason Aldean, with Chris Young and Kane Brown, 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 17, at Jacksonville Veterans Memorial Arena. ..>> view original
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